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Social Skills

Developing appropriate social interactions, communication skills, and understanding social cues through non-visual means.

How to do Group Work with Sighted Kids

Brody
Grade: 6
Visual Impairment: Optic Nerve Hypoplasia
Tools: CCTV, JAWS on a large laptop
TVI email: jamie.smith@negaresa.org 

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Imagine this: your teacher says it’s time to do group work in class. You go over to your table of sighted kids and they start saying stuff…but you notice that nobody’s talking to you. They don’t really acknowledge that you’re there. Don’t worry, there are ways to get their attention and express your ideas.

Here's how: 

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  • Use people’s names! First you have to know what their names are. You can say something like “hey, I can’t remember who’s in this group, and you all know I can’t see you too well, so can you tell me your names?”

  • If the group has to show work by writing on a poster or the board, you can say “ hey, I can’t see what you’re writing. Can you tell me what we put?”

  • Don’t wait for people to ask you for your ideas–go ahead and put yourself out there. Say things like “I was thinking…” or “hey, what if we said…” or “maybe we could do this…”

  • Say when you like your group members' ideas. People pay attention when you compliment and add on.

 

Does anyone have suggestions for science group lab work?

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